BANZI YOU BASTARDS: Jack Edwards; Corporate Communications Hong Kong 1989.
A gripping account of the hardships of British POW’s slaving in the dopper mines at Kinkaseki Formosa.

BARBED WIRE SURGEON: Alfred A. Weinstein; Macmillian Co. 1952

BATTLE REPORT: Pearl Harbor to the Coral Sea: Cdr. W. Karig & Lt. W. Kelley; Farrar & Rinehart NY 1944.
An excellent account of the first few months of WWII. Java Sea Battle in great detail, with list of Houston crew (by states) and their known status at the time.

BATTLE STATIONS: William H. Wise & Co. 1945. Photographic history of Navy in WWII. Good pictures of interest to Houston survivors and NOK

RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI: Clay & Joan Blair; Simon & Shuster 1979. The story of the survivors of the Burma/Thai Railroad who were sunk on the way to Japan by American subs.

SAMURAIS AND CIRCUMCISIONS: Leslie Poidevin; Gillingham Printers 1985

SANDAKAN - “THE LAST MARCH”: Don Wall 1989. The story of some 2,000 POW’s, mostly Australian, who were sent to Borneo to build an airfield. Only three survived the worse atrocity of the Japanese toward POW’s. Three Houston sailors were in Boreno & two of them are in photos in the book.